Author: Don

2026 Liberation Day Update:

Our 27th annual release was a great success!

Nestucca Anglers liberated our 2026 Fall Chinook smolts on August 12th into the Nestucca basin. Our full production of fish was met and the average size accomplished. Fish are healthy and safe and this years cycle is now complete.

Thank you for all the great work and dedication to our feeding volunteers. Also, our appreciation goes out to all the volunteers and ODFW Staff that worked hard in the early morning to make this annual release successful.  

Cheers, 
NA

More Photos HERE

Our 27th annual clipping party is now complete and was a huge success. The smolts are healthy and will continue to be fed by volunteers and released into the Nestucca basin towards the end of August. 

Special thank you to our community sponsors, contributors and all of our volunteers. We appreciate you all and couldn’t be successful without you.

It makes a difference!

Here are some special highlights from today and our full gallery can be viewed on our website HERE.

2026 Annual Clipping Party

Save the date, mark your calendar for our 27th annual clipping event.

Nestucca Anglers is a volunteer organization that invites everyone to help clip 100,000 Fall Chinook Smolt annually. Bring the family and enjoy a great day with us on the coast.

Please help us pass the word on the event. Thank you to all of our event sponsors as we have lots of raffle and auction items that have been donated again this year.

View our printable flyer HERE:

Update: Our 2026 fry were transported to Rhoades Pond on Monday April 6th.

Volunteers will start feeding twice a day as of this week. 

Stay tuned and we will keep you posted on up coming events and the progress of the fish.

Thank you for your support!

Saturday March 28th, Nestucca Angler volunteers completed the second round of our annual pond, property & site cleanup.

More updates to come soon as our 2025-2026 Chinook fry are on schedule to transfer to our Rhoades Pond facility the second week of April. 

Thank you to all the volunteers for your continued support.

Saturday Feb 7th, Nestucca Angler volunteers completed the first round of our annual pond, property & site cleanup.

Our healthy 2025-2026 Fall Chinook fry remain in the hatch house at Cedar Creek Hatchery and are on schedule to transfer to our Rhoades Pond facility this April. 

More updates to come soon. Thank you to all the volunteers for your continued support.

Amity Salmon & Habitat Field Trip 2025

Nestucca Anglers met with our partners this past October to host the Amity 3rd grade science classes in an education field trip. The group toured the Cedar Creek fish hatchery as well as Salmon habitat on Three Rivers.

Please enjoy this educational video of the field trip. View video link HERE.

Update 11/05/25:
Nestucca Angler’s and Cedar Creek Hatchery staff have now officially spawned the last egg take for our 2025-26 fry. The fry will stay in the hatch house under the care of the hatchery staff through the winter.

Thank you once again to the Cedar Creek Hatchery staff as their leadership and teamwork is a big part of the success of Rhoades pond Fall Chinook Broodstock Program (ODFW STEP).

Cheers,
NA

Update: 2026 Boodstock offspring in the making.

Our first spawning of Fall Chinook Broodstock for 2026 babies was on Oct 22nd. Huge thank you to all our volunteers and to those who participated in this year’s river collection process.

Stay tuned as we will have more updates on this year’s allotment soon!

View Full Gallery HERE

2025 Cedar Creek Hatchery Parking Lot Project

Nestucca Anglers requested approval on May 21, 2024 from Oregon Department of Transportation to clean up the parking lot for the youth and ethical fisherman.

On June 24th, 2024 a permit was issued and volunteers from the Nestucca Basin started work on the project.

Please view our YouTube video link below on the cleanup process and results.
VIEW HERE:

Mission Statement: Stream Enhancement, Education, Fishing Opportunity

Cheers!

NA